European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes june 2007 nominators Rule their world Supply unit fulfils All needs to keep Camp and gis Happy Drew and stripes Delta Forward support company soldiers replace a hydraulics pump on a heavy cargo the Dominator provide the Camp with almost every logistical support function from vehicle maintenance and repairs to fresh laundry services and hot by Drew Brown stars and stripes Forward operating base Iraq there aint no Abr around these so when it comes to repair ing a broken humvee at 3 delivering fuel or providing fresh clean laundry and thou Sands of hot meals on a daily basis for this Dusty Camp near who gets the Call the about 130 soldiers with the Delta Forward support company of the 69 armoured reconnaissance work around the clock to keep the logistics flowing for about soldiers stationed at Forward operating base said Alex the Dominator often sometimes Unap logistics soldiers play a role in waging War that is just Asim if not More than that of any combat troops out on the front if i cant repair their then the soldiers cant if i cant get them the fuel they then they cant if i cant get them the food they then they wont be any said of Silver a lot of Guys dont appreciate How crucial we but to its a customer service business if there not then were not doing something every the Dominator Are out on the recovering Bro Ken Down or damaged or de livering fuel and hot Chow to other sol Diers at combat outposts in my for Many a Day in Iraq might be Over once their patrol but for the sometimes there Only Halfway when you finish you come and you still have roving or Tower guard or other Gonza Lez when the Call comes to assist a Bro Ken Down the recovery team has 10 minutes to be at the fully equipped with their combat and re pair gear and ready to they take it personal when a Brad Ley goes Gonzales  work All night to get that Brad Ley Back into the at the vehicle repair mechanics routinely get about 15 vehicles in a Day for routine maintenance said staff Jason Bres repair team that Normal said Bres of heat is a big Factor with the Breshears heat takes a big and while keeping the vehicles up and running takes a lot of Elbow grease and the occasional torn Knuck to keep soldiers going it takes fresh water and lots of at the reverse osmosis water Purifi cation Clint Bivins Job is to pump and filter anywhere from to Gallons of fresh water from the Marut canal every soldiers at Normandy drink bottled water that brought in from Camp the big logistics base near the water Here is fit enough to but mostly its used for cooking and to keep Normandy latrines and laundry work three huge trailer sized filtration systems operate at All times each one can produce up to Gallons of water a checks Are performed every hour to ensure its no one thinks about water said of but if we were to Start making bad it be a bad another Job the Dominator take Pride in is delivering supplies to troops stationed at combat outpost a Small outpost in a two Story House located in the patrol base was named after a 69 a Mored reconnaissance Soldier who was killed by a sniper there earlier this troops usually rotate to the patrol base in 15 to 21 Day a delivery of hot food and other supplies comes once a pulling duty at Kwal is about As bar Bones As it its hot and Dusty Shade from the blazing Sun is always at a while there is there Are few other Ameni ties getting that one hot meal daily is so said 1st Walter of its great for the morale of the sol Sims especially in this a hot meal is perfect for email Drew Brown at  nothing speeds recovery time like an Box 360 the Navy corpsman takes care of marines wounded in Battle or suffering from fatigue or illness in but Petty officer 3rd class William Jordan knows a healthy Marine requires More than pain killers or an in a Marine needs his Box so of asked his sister to put one in the it arrived at Forward operating base a Marine in april for com Pany 2nd 7th Marine he set it j which also serves reporters mess Hall and triage within a couple of the marines were boxing on the big and Many had no idea where the game player came Jordan one Marine re ally this seven month tour in Iraq is Jordans As it is for Many in Fox he knows Teri Weaver about the awful during one Day in their first they lost 10 he As a he he wants to make sure morale is As High As i do what i he never too late to say thanks after More than 20 years in the 1st class Demetrio Torres finally deployed for the first to when he and the 1st 7th artillery regiment got to Camp lib he signed up for care packages from sol a service that matches Well wishers at Home with soldiers at a woman in Montana started sending i never even been to Mon said of puerto after More than a dozen boxes he decided to Call her to say ii 1st class dem Etrio of puerto holds a care package sent to him from a woman in Shes been sending the boxes for months to the 1st 7th artillery regiment at Camp who runs the Day shift in the battalions com Mand called her to thank Teri Weaver stars and stripes i this is he she who when she understood that the Call came from a command Cen Ter in where Torres runs the 8 to 8 she  believe she said Shes been doing this for six and nobody Ever called to thank Torres contributors have now there Are packages from Idaho wheres Idaho he pull it up on the another Man in the states sends packages and a joke by email every Day or those families Are doing their Torres ill probably do the same thing when i that will be in less than 180 for 1st Black is the new red the big red one is going at when soldiers Don their Battle dress they Are also supposed to Wear a muted version of their unit at least in recent that never applied to the red 1 that signifies 1st infantry the oldest division in the orders have come Down that those units in Baghdad with the big red one must switch to Michael of has been with the division for nine years and has never worn anything but red even during three we got an he were Gonna but just not the patches have just been and Griffith has told his men to wait until All the Black ones Are email Teri Weaver at